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Peter Romeo

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Peter Romeo

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Workforce

Wage-and-hour violations cost a regional chain $11.4M

Forty-unit Plaza Azteca acknowledged that it underpaid back-of-house staffers.

Workforce

Restaurant groups turn to litigation to block new joint employer standard

A coalition of trade groups intends to ask for an injunction blocking adoption before Dec. 26, when the redefinition is scheduled to take force.

Financing

D.C.'s Clyde's group is sued for charging a service fee

A travelers' advocacy group is accusing the multiconcept operation of violating truth-in-pricing rules and wants the surcharge dropped.

Operations

One Fair Wage's alternative to ServSafe draws fire

A beta version of the $5 food-safety training program needs to get rid of some bugs, says an expert on the topic. But its producers say the issue is politics, not a dispute over best practices.

Leadership

How Gerry Fernandez made diversity a restaurant cause

The founder and longtime leader of the Multicultural Foodservice & Hospitality Alliance looks back on his 27-year quest to view inclusion as a business driver.

Marketing

How Hilltop Steak House would draw 3 million guests a year

Restaurant Rewind: The 1,500-seat, $30 million-a-year landmark may have been the restaurant industry’s greatest value story.

Workforce

California's wage law could pave the way for $18 Big Macs

Working Lunch: A McDonald's in Connecticut is already charging that much for a combo featuring the signature sandwich. Might that become the threshold in the industry's largest restaurant market?

Workforce

Restaurant hiring declines in October

Eating and drinking places lost about 7,500 jobs in October, according to the federal government, with hiring across all industries decelerating significantly. But the unemployment rate remained at 3.9%.

Beverage

NYC looks to mandate sugar warnings from chain restaurants

A bill passed Thursday by the City Council will require alerts to be posted on menus and menu boards next to items containing what officials determine to be excessive amounts of added sugar.

Workforce

Pluck off, Chicken Littles

Reality Check: The industry's tendency to portray every legislative or regulatory proposal as a restaurant killer is getting very old. Couldn't we be adults and focus on the real effects, like less opportunity?

Financing

First venture beyond restaurants brings a new name for Greg Flynn's mega-franchise company

The rechristening is simultaneous with the purchase of 37 franchised Planet Fitness gyms.

Food

Denny's counts on menu tweaks and a to-go push to get it through a traffic slide

While considering more virtual concepts, the diner chain plans to roll out a simplified bill of fare next week.

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